A Minute for Mom with Ali and Ro: Recent Episodes
Allison Martineau
A Minute for Mom (AMFM) is a podcast that cuts through the noise and provides practical advice for solving real problems for new parents.
A little about us: Rosalee's a sleep expert who runs Baby Sleep Love and Allison's a nutrition guru who runs Sweetpea Nutrition.
Our podcast is full of commiseration and laughter from 2 moms in the trenches with 5 young children between them. Parenting really does take a village - and we're so happy you've joined ours.
In this episode we are answering all your burning postpartum fitness questions with trainer extraordinaire, Freya Ravenbergen. What is so special about waiting 6 weeks to resume exercise? Can you do the same exercises after baby that you did before? How can you appropriately train your core? How can I build community through fitness as a new parent? and lots more. Practical, safe and effective advice from Rosalee’s own trainer and fellow mom.
In this episode we are chatting with paediatric occupational therapist Kaili Ets and talking all things baby development. From tummy time do's and don’ts to baby wearing, sitting devices, the importance of reaching milestones, and so much more. For more info on Kaili visit https://www.playandbloomtherapy.com
This episode was so powerful and we truly could have talked to our guest, Olivia Scobie, all day. Olivia is a social worker, birth doula and postpartum educator/supporter and the focus of our conversation was on birth trauma, its prevalence, how it’s treated and how we can work to prevent it and support those individuals who birth babies to have more positive experiences. For more info on Olivia visit http://oliviascobie.com
In this episode we are getting real personal with pelvic floor physiotherapist Melanie Stevens Sutherland as we chat about the importance of getting assessed by a pelvic floor physio after having a baby. We also get down to the basics and have Melanie break down what our pelvic floor actually is (many have no clue!), how it can get damaged, which exercises can help strengthen it and symptoms you may be experiencing that could be related to pelvic floor dysfunction (such as incontinence or diastasis recti). Note: since recording this podcast Melanie's company name has changed to Body Co. For more info on Melanie visit https://bodycotoronto.com
Get to know Ali and Ro! In this intro episode Allison and Rosalee share more about who they are and why they started this podcast. For more info on Sweetpea Nutrition, Allison's nutrition business, visit www.sweetpeanutrition.com and for more info on Baby Sleep Love, Rosalee's sleep consulting business, visit https://babysleeplove.com